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Expenditure during year ended 31st March, 1879 — £ s. d. Salary to Chairman ... ... ••• •■• 11 0 0 Other salaries ... ... ... ... ... 15,831 17 8 Departmental expenses ... ... ... ... 7,178 19 0 Public works expenditure ... ... ... ... 303,081 9 0 > Miscellaneous expenditure... ... ... ... 34,795 811 Total expenditure 300,898 14 7 £ s. d. Amount of indebtedness on 31st March, 1879 ... ... 35,672 13 9 Amount borrowed to 31st March, 1879 ... ... ... 11,176 12 5 Balance to credit on 31st March, 1879 ... ... ... 383,818 12 11 Xo returns received from 76 Eoad Boards. i By Authority : G-eoeoe Didsbuby, Government Printer, Wellington. —1879. Price 3d.]